Chipmunkapublishing has used its resource to dedicate this page to the newly formed Chipmunka Foundation. See below.

In August 2004 The Chipmunka Foundation was set up to become the world's largest mental health charity. Founder members include the two founder members of Chipmunkapublishing Jason Pegler and Andrew Latchford and Chairman of the Big Issue Nigel Kershaw. Chairman of the Board is Paul Brandwood - 'Chief Operating Officer, Financial Sector Advisory, KPMG'. Another critical member is Mark Randall - Co Founder of EC3 Solutions. For a full list of the strategic committee please see below.

The Chipmunka Foundation is a separate organisation to Chipmunkapublishing applying for charitable status.

We are seeking experienced volunteers to:

1) Full time Content Writer for the World's First Global Dedicated user centric web portal
2) Experienced volunteers to raise money in the streets.
3) Experienced Publisher with excellent contacts to single handedly deliver the publishing and release from concept to reality of a celebrity mental health book.

When our charitable status comes through we have a team raring to go and deliver a carefully planned five year strategy.

The Mission of the Chipmunka Foundation

"The aim of the Chipmunka Foundation is to assist people with mental health issues of all nations to reduce their suffering and humiliation and to help normalise mental health so that it is no longer a taboo". Please donate a small fee (see top left of the page) and help us to change the way the world thinks about mental health.

Objective 1. To provide quality multi-media content as a means of communication to increase awareness and educate people regarding mental health issues.
Activities - To set up Chipmunka publishing and the Foundation to publish books and educational resources
- To research the needs of the various mental health sectors to identify their requirements
- To distribute books on mental health through the Foundation
- To recruit a team of professional consultants that will educate people about mental health issues and advocate the Chipmunka best practice within schools, communities, businesses and the health sector

Objective 2. To provide mental health sufferers, carers, employers, mental health charities and mental health related organisations with platform for communication with each other and mainstream society.
Activity - To produce the world’s largest global mental health web portal/information service for anyone that wants to know anything about mental health

Objective 3. To influence policy/the agenda regarding mental health and become a major advocate in this area, sharing and fostering best practice and shared services with other charities and community groups
Activities - To build networks and lobby with MPs, Lords, businesses, media and charity leaders

To Donate to the Chipmunka Foundation please send a cheque made payable to The Chipmunka Foundation, 12 Baddeley House, Vauxhall Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11 5NJ.

We are also looking for free office space, laptop computers, volunteers. If you believe you can help please write to us soon. There will be email addresses for the Foundation soon and we hope to have the Foundation website live in February.

Patrons:

John Bird: Co Founder of The Big Issue. He has not been as excited about a project since the Big Issue was set up.
Adele Blakeborough: Co Founder of Community Action Network and internationally recognised social entrepreneur.

Kate Parkin Hamilton: A Former Managing Director of a Random House Publishing Group.
Barbara Brown: Successful business owner for 30 years now a Business Link Consultant.
Peter Horn: Head of London Development Centre for the National Institute for Mental Health In England.

The Foundation would also like to thank the following for their help so far:

The Right Honorable Tony Benn, Paul Farmer - Head of Public Affairs for Rethink and Chair of the Mental Health Alliance, Lisa Woodman - Publisher of the Big Issue, Marjorie Wallace - Chief Executive of Sane, MArgaret Edwards - Head of Strategy at SANE, Mike Slade - Leading Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Martin Ball - Head of Public Affairs of MACA, Barbara Philips CBE - Formerly Head of the Social Enterprise Unit at the Department of Trade and Industry, Dr Teifion Davies - SEnior Lecturer and Honorary Consultancy Psychiatrist.

Please forgive us if we have failed to mention you. If you would like to help the Chipmunka Foundation please get in touch via the Chipmunkapublishing website with the subject heading Foundation.